History WebVideo / ThereWillBeBrawl

In short: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''ComicBook/SinCity'' as well as ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' (but, oddly enough, not ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'').

* XMeetsY: ''ComicBook/SinCity'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' (with a bit of ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' thrown in for good measure via Kirby).

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: And how.

* AdaptationDistillation: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]] were folded into the character of "regular" Link. A photo of Link in his earlier days was "played" by stock pictures of the world's most famous Young Link cosplayer, and a doodle Zelda apparently drew some years ago resembled his Toon incarnation.

** [[PunchOut Little Mac]] gets his bike stolen.

** ''"Fuck it! We'll do it live!"'' [[spoiler:BillOReilly]]

** Subverted in a way that could make [[{{Narutaru}} Mohiro]] [[Manga/{{Bokurano}} Kitoh]] proud in the endgame, where [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas were behind the killings all along.]]

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[{{Metroid}} Samus]], of all people, but she uses her position (not ''[[FreudWasRight that]]'' kind of position...) to gather information, and is a very handy source of connections for Luigi.

** ''DrMario'' is also brought up as Mario's failed medical practice. The pills Mario takes are from that game, and in the final episode, when Mario is suiting up, his doctor outfit is hanging next to his cape.

* AntiVillain: King Dedede. He may be a corrupt, hedonistic mafia don with his flippers in all kinds of illegal doings, but he really wants to end the violence and, of the four mob bosses, stands the best chance of doing so. [[spoiler:Until the butcher gets him.]]
** Basically, he manages to be the closest to a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that Luigi and his friends have encountered during the series, as he genuinely wants to help find the SerialKiller and is the one person with powerful enough connections and resources to accomplish it.
** Bowser -- [[spoiler:it turns out that he no longer cares about kidnapping princesses or conquering the kingdom now that the Mario Brothers aren't around to fight him. Now he's a Buddhist.]]
*** [[spoiler:A bit closer to WorthyOpponent than AntiVillain, though -- whereas Dedede genuinely wants peace, Bowser still seems to hunger for the "good old days" of honorable brawling between clearly defined heroes and villains. Dedede was willing to cut a deal with Link, whereas Bowser responded to the chaos by sending his soldiers into the streets to take the kingdom by force, leading to tremendous bloodshed -- and, of course, his own death.]]

* AndYourLittleDogToo: [[spoiler:Yoshi]]
** Also a {{Homage}} to the infamous "horse head" scene of ''Film/TheGodfather.''

* RonTheDeathEater: ALMOST EVERYONE in the series.

* ShowWithinAShow: Mushroom Kingdom News

* BadAss: Mario. In Episode 6, he fights three rabid attack Yoshis with his ''bare hands'' then ''rides'' one of them around. A little on the AxCrazy side, but BadAss nonetheless. He also beats ''Donkey Kong'' so brutally in a fight that most assumed he was dead until it was confirmed that he was merely hospitalized.
** Actually most characters are badass in the series, given it's a dark parody of a fighting game.

** At the end of the series, [[spoiler:[[FireEmblemAkaneia Marth]] takes up this position.]]

** The identities of the serial killer's first victims: Pichu, [[FireEmblemElibe Roy]], and [[spoiler:Mewtwo]]. (They were playable in ''Melee'', but weren't included in ''Brawl''.)

* PoliceBrutality: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]] [[FireEmblem and]] [[FireEmblemAkaneia Marth]] go from a recurring ThoseTwoGuys duo to outright [[JerkAss Jerkasses]] when they pick on a couple of homeless characters in Episode 4. The brutality [[FromBadToWorse gets worse]] from there.

* StraightGay: VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike and [[FireEmblemAkaneia Marth.]] Unlike Captain Falcon and Pit, they could easily pass for HeterosexualLifePartners, if it wasn't for a few lines. The dancing together in a [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame gay bar]] was sort of a hint too.

* :EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas]], who seem to be from the same mold as Warhammer 40k's [[GauntsGhosts Children of Sin]], complete with background buzzing.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther/HypocriticalHeartwarming: [[spoiler:"I may have held mercy for you, but there is only one fist that may bruise the face of '''my''' angel. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome FALCON PUNCH!!]]"]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:"I may have held mercy for you, but there is only one fist that may bruise the face of '''my''' angel. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome FALCON PUNCH!!]]"]]

** Luigi tells Mario: "There isn't a world for [[NoMoreHeroes heroes, no more!]]"

In short: ''SuperSmashBros'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''SinCity'' as well as ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' (but, oddly enough, not ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'').

* DeconstructionCrossover: Using the pre-existing SuperSmashBros MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.

** In a sinister vein, the titular Brawl had its basis laid down due to Kirby's reign as the cannibal, and was kicked into motion with [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas' actions as the butchers. HAL Laboratories is responsible for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games, the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' trilogy, and the ''SuperSmashBros'' series. In fact, if you count Ness as different from Ninten, Kirby was created first, then Ness, then Lucas,]] and then SuperSmashBros.

** ''"They've been here since the beginning"'' [[spoiler: is said by Olimar when talking about Mr.G&W and R.O.B, two of Nintendo's first creations, which had practically dissapeared since TheEighties. When did they decide to return? In SuperSmashBros, to kick asses!]] Hence the second part of the quote: ''"and they don't like what they see"''.

** Ike: "[[SuperSmashBrosBrawl You'll get no sympathy from me]]."
** And similarly, but much, much creepier - Kirby: [[SuperSmashBros "Hiiiiiii..."]]

* XMeetsY: ''SinCity'' meets ''SuperSmashBros'' (with a bit of ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' thrown in for good measure via Kirby).

* AnyoneCanDie: In the end, there are more dead Brawl characters than there were characters in Super Smash Bros Melee. Let's run down the body count in roughly chronological order, shall we? [[spoiler:Daisy, Roy, Pichu, Mewtwo, Peach, Wolf, possibly Donkey Kong, Dedede, Isaac, Saki, [=MetaKnight=], Yoshi, Falco, Bowser, Red, potentially Ike, Link, Zelda, Telma, Rosalina, Jill Dozer, Fox, End of Days (Olimar), Mr. Game & Watch, Wario, Ganondorf, [[DevourTheDragon Lucas and Ness]], Masahiro Sakurai, and probably Shigeru Miyamoto and Kirby is AWOL...]] Phew!

* [[spoiler:DevourTheDragon]]: The final scene of the series strongly implies [[spoiler:Kirby did this to Ness and Lucas.]]

* [[spoiler:EnfantTerrible: Ness and Lucas]], [[spoiler:who seem to be from the same mold as Warhammer 40k's [[GauntsGhosts Children of Sin]], complete with background buzzing.]]

** This is mostly a homage to TheSilenceOfTheLambs. In that version, Hannibal gets revenge on the inmate who [[spoiler:threw his semen on Clarice]] by [[spoiler:[[HannibalLecture talking him into swallowing his own tongue, choking him]]]].
** [[spoiler: ''Ganondorf'' is appalled by the pure evil of Ness and Lucas]]

* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: {{Kirby}} is re-imagined as an {{Expy}} of Hannibal Lecter, presenting him as an imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer that is consulted in the hope of solving other murders going on.

** In a sinister vein, the titular Brawl had its basis laid down due to Kirby's reign as the cannibal, and was kicked into motion with [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas' actions as the butchers. HAL Laboratories is responsible for the ''{{Kirby}}'' games, the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' trilogy, and the ''SuperSmashBros'' series. In fact, if you count Ness as different from Ninten, Kirby was created first, then Ness, then Lucas,]] and then SuperSmashBros.

** Subverted in a way that could make [[{{Narutaru}} Mohiro]] [[{{Bokurano}} Kitoh]] proud in the endgame, where [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas were behind the killings all along.]]

* FlamboyantGay: [[VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} Captain Falcon]] and [[KidIcarus Pit]]

** In episode 9, Captain Falcon mentions that Pit is Samus's younger brother. KidIcarus and {{Metroid}} were designed by the same person, made on the same engine, released on the same day, and even share an enemy (the Metroids/Kometo).

* TheTwink[=/=]{{Uke}}: [[KidIcarus Pit]].

Despite the overall dark tone of the series, it mostly averts DarknessInducedAudienceApathy by having an engaging plot, good writing and acting, as well as some clever {{Mythology Gag}}s from all over the Creator/{{Nintendo}} universe. In addition, the sheer effort put into the costumes, make-up and production design impresses to no end, even though some costumes that required a little extra creativity involved (Kirby, Fox, Dedede etc) can be a tad distracting at first, you can generally get too immersed in the story to notice after a while. The series seemingly aims to be a {{Deconstruction}} of Nintendo franchises in general, but often ends up as more of an AffectionateParody of the plots and mechanics from the respective games.

* RontheDeathEater: As the nature of the show, it's intentional.

* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Red and Luigi are Good; Link and the remaining mob bosses are Bad; Kirby and [[spoiler: Ness and Lucas,]] are completely batshit ''evil incarnate''.
** Link isn't really bad at all, in fact most of his goals have fairly good intentions [[spoiler: and he wasn't willing to follow Zelda after how far she was going to accomplish her goals]]

* RousingSpeech: Mario's "take back the kingdom" speech in Episode

** [[{{Earthbound}} Ness and Lucas]] too.

** [[spoiler:The kids are from {{Earthbound}}, a game where everything starts looking childish and innocent,]] but ends up being full of NightmareFuel. [[spoiler:Lucas and Ness looked nice at first,]] but it turned out they were not what they seemed.

** [[spoiler:Jigglypuff actually managed to survive. Leaf attacked Wario with her and then gave her to [[{{Earthbound}} Paula]] at the end of Episode 10.]]

** [[spoiler:Luigi's entire profile of the butcher as being "fast, and good with a blade" was wrong! The actual butchers didn't have any particularly notable speed (but did have PK Teleport in the games, though it was never referenced in any of the ten episodes) or proficiency with a blade, like many of the other characters do. They had ''a snake and a baseball bat'' and they disembowel their victims using psychic powers. The baseball bat was used to cause blunt force trauma and the snake was used to poison victims.]] [[FridgeBrilliance Brilliantly]], Kirby actually chastises Luigi for this and hints that he’s on the wrong track. Near everyone ignored this as Kirby just playing mind games.

** reads credits* [[spoiler:Sakurai's LEGS?!]]

** The electronic chirps and beeps of the [[GameAndWatch Game & Watches]]]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheGuild Vork]] is Waluigi.
** Anime fans will likely recognize Wario's actor as KyleHebert, which certainly explains the inherent [[LargeHam hamminess]] of the character.
*** Of course. [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Who-a da hell do you think-a he is!?]]

* OneSceneWonder: Bowser.

* RealitySubtext: The kiss between [[spoiler:Zelda and Ganondorf]] is a bit funny when you know that the actors who play them are dating in real life.

* ScheduleSlip: Arguably justified due to financial troubles.
** And the fact that Matt Mercer almost ''killed himself'' working on the finale.

* TalkingToHimself: Matthew Mercer does the voices of both Kirby and Meta Knight. He also plays Ganondorf.
** Kinda lampshaded in the final episode, where [[spoiler:Kirby briefly disguises himself ''as '' Meta Knight.]]